Thumba Surname

59,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Malawi

Thumba Surname Definition:

Thumba is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: a piece or chunk (eg of meat).

Thumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo6,6971:11,0321,367
Malawi1,6731:10,2331,583
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Zimbabwe441:350,86933,247
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
India261:29,502,515369,827
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Thumba (383) may also be a first name.

Thumba Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Thumba is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: a piece or chunk (eg of meat).

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Thumba is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: newcommer.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Thumba is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: a small bag made from animal skin used to carry ornaments.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Thumba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thumba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Thumba (Marathi: ठुंबा, Oriya: ଥୁା, Tibetan: ཐམས་བཱ་) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thumba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 59,059th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 852,743 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thumba reside; 78 percent reside in Central Africa and 78 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Thumba is also the 442,958th most widespread first name globally It is held by 383 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 6,697 people, or 1 in 11,032. Not including The DR Congo this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 20 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.

Thumba Last Name Statistics demography

Thumba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.84% less than the national average, earning R 107,316 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tahumba9231/
Tohumba9211/
Thumbai924/
Thoumba921/
Thumbas921/
Thumbat921/
Tumba9158,451/
Thumbach8640/
Thumbhai863/
Thumbash861/
Toumba8311,619/
Thumbo834,988/
Tumbay832,067/
Tumbad831,807/
Tumbas831,685/
Thimba83581/
Tumbah83144/
Tumbea83125/
Tumbai83107/
Tumbaa8388/
Taumba8366/
Tumbau8349/
Tumbaz8343/
Tuemba8335/
Tumbat8327/
Thunba834/
Htumba834/
Tuimba833/
Tumbha832/
Tuumba832/
Tunmba831/
Tuhmba831/
Tumhba831/
Teumba831/
Tumbap831/
Tumbaš831/
Tumboa831/
Toumbas77307/
Tusimba77157/
Tumbach77127/
Thumboo77126/
Toumbai7721/
Tumbasz776/
Toumbay774/
Tumbapp773/
Tunmboa772/
Tumbeah771/
Teumbea771/
Toumbaa771/
Toumbat771/
Toummba771/
Theumbo771/
Tumbaha771/
Dtoumba771/
Tuymbai771/
Timba7332,835/
Tomba7313,905/
Tumbo7310,410/
Tunba73355/
Tumva731/
Tuymebay7199/
Tuimebai7159/
Tumbaash7132/
Thoumbou712/
Tuimebay712/
Tuymebai711/
Toumbass711/
Thimbo671,851/
Tumbey67282/
Toumbo67249/
Thunbo67216/
Teumbo67161/
Tümbaş67152/
Tumbos67106/
Timbai6785/
Tombea6773/
Timbah6773/
Tunbas6766/
Tombay6757/
Tombai6753/
Timbau6736/
Timbay6734/
Tomboa6729/
Tunbaş6729/
Toomba6726/
Tiemba6725/
Tumboy6721/
Timbha6718/
Tumboh6710/
Tounba678/
Tunbat678/
Tunbay676/
Tumbeu674/
Tunbai674/
Tümbay674/
Tuhmbo674/
Tumbei673/
Tumbot673/
Tonmba671/
Tumboi671/
Ttimba671/
Thonba671/
Taumbo671/
Tommba671/
Tunbah671/
Tunhba671/
Teunba671/
Tümbas671/
Tumbod671/
Tumboo671/
Tumbop671/
Tumbou671/
Taunba671/

Thumba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thumba in the Oriya language
ଥୁାthua-
Thumba in the Marathi language
ठुंबाthumba-
Thumba in the Tibetan language
ཐམས་བཱ་tamba33.33
ཐུམ་བ་tumwa33.33
ཐུམ་པ།tumpa33.33

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